Roger Moore passed away today. The first James Bond film I saw in a theater had him in the starring role. That film was the one this was that tonight’s song was the title track for. Sure, it’s a bit cheesy and slightly bombastic but isn’t that what all things Roger Moore Bond were about?

So Director of National Intelligence and former Republican Senator Dan Coats would say out loud and on camera what Trump said to him about the investigation. His overly hesitant answer to the Senate Intelligence Committee starts at the :47 mark. See if you can count the um’s and ah’s while talking about the so-called president:

DAN COATS: Uh, I do believe that uh, the, um, information and discussions that I have had with the president uh, are s-s-s-something that should not be, um, disclosed. On the other hand, uh, if I’m called before an investigative committee, I would certainly provide them with what I know and what I don’t know.

Former CIA Chief and MSNBC analyst John McLaughlin (the other one) was not asked, not prompted, but had to speak up at the end of this clip.

MCLAUGHLIN: Frankly, Andrea, that would be a nightmare scenario, to have a president ask you to shut down the investigation. You would know instantly: that is inappropriate. And the instinct would be to write that down and keep a statement of it.

The question remains as ever: What the hell will the Republicans in Congress DO about it?

At some point there will be a tape of Trump literally saying "let's obstruct some justice" and the GOP will still do nothing.

But today, Fox News put an end to the Seth Rich story, admitting that their invention was just that — fiction — and retracting the story.

“On May 16, a story was posted on the Fox News website on the investigation into the 2016 murder of DNC Staffer Seth Rich. The article was not initially subjected to the high degree of editorial scrutiny we require for all our reporting,” Fox said in their written statement. “Upon appropriate review, the article was found not to meet those standards and has since been removed.”

At the time of the retraction, there was some question as to whether Hannity would stand down on his frenzied flog of the story. His reaction was predictable. Watch the video if you dare, but the majority of his rant is in the transcript below.

On Hardball, Senator Richard Blumenthal explains to Chris Matthews how Donald Trump’s multiple attempts to influence the investigation into TrumpRussia is proof of his intent to obstruct justice.

Matthews reminded viewers the former National Security Adviser refused to turn over the documents about his ties to Russia that requested by the Intelligence committee.

“He’s invoking the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination by holding back his documents. His lawyers said “de-escalating public frenzy” against him. Then he said, pleading the Fifth is not something innocent people do,” he said before showing a Trump clip.

So there are five people taking the Fifth Amendment, like you see on the mob, right? You see the mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?

Matthews repeated, “If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” He said Flynn was asking for immunity. “During the campaign, he said this about people who seek immunity, let’s watch.”

“Five people around her have been given immunity to, include her former chief of staff, when you are given immunity, that means you’ve probably committed a crime. It keeps adding to this chain of events. Thank you, Judiciary Committee.”

Last Monday, May 15th, 7-year old Gage Meche was accidentally shot at Moss Bluff Elementary School in Louisiana. A 7-year old student had brought a handgun to school that morning. It fell out of his backpack and a second elementary student picked up the gun and fired it, hitting Meche in the stomach. After undergoing several hours of surgery at Lafayette General Hospital, the 7-year old is in stable condition.

Calcasieu Parish Sheriff Tony Mancuso said that neither the student who brought the gun, nor the student who accidentally fired the gun will be held responsible for the accident due to their age.

On Thursday, May 18th, Michael Lane Dugas, 50, and Jake Abram Dugas, 17, both of Moss Bluff, were charged with negligent injuring. Michael Dugas is also charged with improper supervision of a minor

Democrats and the progressive movement need to figure out how to balance two very different but equally important imperatives: keeping the heat on Trump for all the egregious scandals of his presidency, and making sure voters and the media fully understand the consequences of the terrible policies being enacted while no one is paying attention because of the Trump distraction machine.

As one of the people who fought the last big impeachment fight and played a modest role in helping Wes Boyd and Joan Blades create the Moveon.org effort around that fight in 1998, I feel like we need an organization named “LetsNotMoveOn.org.” We can’t let Trump get away with shredding the Constitution and violating law after law, and ethical norm after ethical norm, that were put in place after Watergate to safeguard this country from corruption. Trump should not be allowed to obstruct justice and stop the legitimate and extremely important investigations into the attack on our electoral integrity by a foreign adversary.

If you are receiving Social Security Disability benefits, White House Budget Director Mick “Freedom Caucus” Mulvaney would like you to know that he considers you a moocher and your disability to be something you’ll just have to deal with.

When asked about SSDI, Mulvaney described it as a “welfare program for permanent — for the long-term disabled.” He went on to claim that it is not Social Security as we know it.

Except, of course it is. When your Social Security payroll taxes are paid, a portion of them go specifically to disability benefits as well as retirement benefits. So that claim is nonsense.

When asked whether people who currently receive SSDI benefits would receive less as a result of the budget proposal, Mulvaney answered, “I hope so.” He added, “If there are people who are getting SSDI who should not be getting it.”

But that wasn’t the question. The question was whether people who are currently on SSDI would be receiving less.

When pressed, Mulvaney admitted that there are some people who are “really disabled” and “need this program,” but went on to claim that there’s rampant fraud and waste to be dealt with.

He wrapped up his rant against the moochers with this. “That’s not — we have plenty of money in this country to take care of the people who need help. Okay? And we will do that. We don’t have enough money to take care of people — everybody who doesn’t need help. So what we try and do is look at these programs, again, through the perspective of the people paying for it.“